Church of St John the Baptist is a Grade I listed building in the Isle of Wight local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 August 1951. A Medieval Church. 2 related planning applications.
Church of St John the Baptist
- WRENN ID
- crumbling-wattle-cream
- Grade
- I
- Local Planning Authority
- Isle of Wight
- Constituency
- Isle of Wight West MP: Richard Quigley (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 17 August 1951
- Type
- Church
- Period
- Medieval
- Address
- Church of St John the Baptist, Church Lane, Northwood
- OS grid reference
- SZ 493 929
- Coordinates
- 50.73412, -1.30166
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Church of St John the Baptist is a Grade I listed building located on Church Lane in Northwood. It dates from the 12th century and features stone rubble construction. The church has a Victorian octagonal broached spire covered with curved tiles, and includes a nave, chancel, and north and south aisles. The gabled south porch is adorned with flint galleting. Notably, the Norman south doorway has one order of shafts, a zigzag arch, and a hood moulding with chip carved motifs. The arcades display pointed arches with a slight chamfer, dating from around 1200. Inside, there is a mid-17th century wooden pulpit and three cartouche-type tablets from 1761, 1689, and 1798. The churchyard features some 18th-century headstones with cherub motifs, two table tombs, and several early 19th-century chest tombs.
Local climate
Church of St John the Baptist receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 54% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 87% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 7 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 95% of listed buildings. Of these, 3 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 2 applications
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- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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